Chapter 584: Get Rich in One Grab! The Golden Lion Battle! [Master Rank]★
"Jihahahaha! Xie Wen, you're finally back! Well? What do you think of my beast army? Our research took a bit of a wrong turn, but they're still pretty strong, aren't they? And little Haibara said we could get them back on track in just two or three years!"
As Xie Wen and the others passed through the protective belt of daft-green, Shiki eagerly came out to meet them. His words revealed not only his urgency to form an alliance, but also his envy of Xie Wen.
In just a few days, Shiki had already realized how vast the gap between Ai Haibara Meow and Indigo was. Indigo himself had even said that if Ai Haibara Meow had joined the project from the beginning, it would never have taken twenty years. They could have met Shiki's requirements within ten.
And besides Ai Haibara Meow, there was Meowrah, who was only slightly behind her in medicine. From what the two felines let slip in their conversations, even that gap existed only because Meowrah's interests lay elsewhere...
Xie Wen's Toot Toot Forward, which left countless pirates drooling with envy, had been designed and built by her.
Not to mention Logia felines like Klee Meow and Shalmeow, as well as Meow Jūshirō and Link Meow, who could supposedly spar with Hawk-Eye.
Such a gathering of feline talent had only been seen back in the heyday of his Flying Pirates.
Precisely because of this, the ever-proud Golden Lion had made the rare choice to lower his head, trying every way he could to win Xie Wen's support.
Like right now...
Xie Wen lowered his gaze to Shiki's legs.
His feet, which had previously been fitted with blades like Camille's, had now been